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4.4
129 Reviews (129)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
6
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.1
92.0%
Recommend this course
114 out of 129 reviews
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4.5
14 Reviews (14)
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.8
92.9%
Recommend this course
13 out of 14 reviews
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4.5
14 Reviews (14)
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4 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.8
92.9%
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13 out of 14 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Traditional
Par 72
Length 6942 yards
Slope 137
Rating 72.9

Waterford is a tranquil journey molded for players by Mother Nature and refined by Senior PGA star Hale Irwin. Since opening in 1997, this classic design has received rave reviews from local and national media, as well as golfers from all over the Southeast. It is nestled among dense hardwoods on rolling terrain, and is a true shotmaker's course.

The practice complex includes a driving range, large putting green, short game and bunker area. Waterford also features a comfortable clubhouse that houses banquet and dining facilities, and a well-stocked pro shop.

Waterford Golf Club measures 6942 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 137 and a 72.9 USGA rating. The course features 4 sets of tees for different skill levels.

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Course Details

Year Built 1997
Golf Season Year round
Architect Hale Irwin (1997)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.4
129 Reviews (129)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 8
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 9
Narrow Fairways 8
Bunkers 7
This course/club is great for:
Locals 13
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 10
Advanced Golfers 9
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 7
Worth the Drive 7

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Reviews 3
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Nice Golf Course

I played on a very windy day (20+mph). the course was in good shape, especially the greens for early March. The layout is good with the exception that there is very little level fairway. And be careful if you hit long, you can drive through several fairways with 250 yards turning a great drive into a water logged ball. But a very good and somewhat challenging course. The greens are quite undulated making them challenging but that is the way I like it. I want to play the slope rather than having to hit through it. I will definitely go back.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Okay Winter Round

This was the first time I played the course in several years, and it remains the fun and varied layout that made it one of my favorites back when. It is in okay shape for March. The greens were in good shape but the fairways and tee boxes were not quite as good as some of the other local public courses I've recently played. However, I'm sure I'll be back again when the real spring arrives.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Shape for the Season

Played Waterford yesterday. The fairways are in great shape and the greens are great. Looking forward to getting back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course layout

Course is set up for you to work the ball and keep the ball in play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

Good Time with Friends on rainy day

Course continues to get better with new owners.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Best greens I've played this year

Greens are fast and true layout great , price top's !!!!!

A starter at the first tee would have saved a lot of time for the afternoon tee time start with the limited amount of sun, this course has been improved so much since I last played it , the only negative are the cart paths

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 41
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Staff/confirmation

Staff had a negative attitude of Golf Now,also could not find confirmation, lucky I had mine. But beside that a good golf day.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 72
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Charlotte Advisor
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Waterford Golf Club

This was my first time playing Waterford Golf Club and the last of the former Carolina Trail courses that I have played. Waterford is interesting in several ways. First, you have to travel through a industrial park to get to it, which was a first for me. The parking lot and clubhouse are understated, but the staff was very friendly. There is a practice green directly beside the clubhouse and a driving range a couple hundred yards away. The carts were clean and fairly new looking.

This course was designed by Hale Irwin and opened 19 years ago. It features bermuda fairways and miniverde greens. Many of the holes feature blind landing areas where you cannot see your tee shot land. Course knowledge would definitely benefit one in navigating their way around this course. There are also many subtle doglegs, be it from the tee shot to the approach or from the lay up to the approach on par 5's. All of the bunkers were well maintained with bright white sand.

The course is not easy from tee to green by any means, but the real challenge is once you get on the greens. Most of them had pretty severe slopes and it seemed that just about every hole was cut into the side of one of these slopes. That combined with the speed of the greens (FAST!) made putting quite an adventure.

Overall it was a good course that was in good shape. It was a great value for what I paid to play it on this particular day, and I will be back at some point to play it again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 29
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fall Golf

Greens were in good shape

It had rained hard the night before so we played back nine first this did not detract from the round .We all agreed it was a v enjoyable day and good value.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice round, beautiful view

Course in great shape. Played at our pace. beautiful late afternoon views - see pictures. Rough nicely mowed, but difficult to play out.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Course playing well

The wife and I played on Labor Day, and under 3 1/2 hours! (Very woman-friendly here). Course overall in very good condition although some 'roughs' were very rough and we lost a couple of balls just off the fairway, but we found over a dozen of others' balls.

And must reiterate on the cart paths!! Brutal in many areas!! Build some low wooden bridges over the worse ones.

Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Cart paths

The course, greens/fairways were in the greatest of shape. No problems or complaints there. The Cart paths were broken and very rough. This needs immediate attention ..the course is fully aware of the cart path conditions and I believe or been told that is the next major project for the course.. Great course and will returning many more times. We even saw two deer on the course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Much improved!!

Played this course several times this year and before this last time I would not recommend it, but the course has rounded into great shape. Greens were particularly smooth when a couple of months ago they were in rough shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Waterford gold

The course was not in the best shape and they had painted the greens. To much cut grass laying around and it was easy to lose your ball even in the middle of the fairway.

Please do something about the cart paths!! I thought I lost a kidney going over some of potholes !!!

Other then that I have played there many times and will again!!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Fun, well maintained tract

I booked this course on golfnow for $40 at 8:04 Sunday morning. I was paired with a local guy, very nice and fun to play with. We finished in under four hours, only playing through one foursome. If I had to find a flaw, the tee boxes were not maintained as meticulously as the rest of the course, but the greens more than made up for that. They were a little slow with the morning dew, but rolled beautifully as they dried out. Also, having local course knowledge is key for scoring as many tee shots are either tight or totally blind. Overall, this tract is a steal for $40.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 56
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course has a old course tree line layout

Course was in real good shape.l recommend it. Cartpaths only negative, pretty rough

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Progress!

Have been playing Waterford for the better part of 10 years and had another great experience this past weekend. Played an early morning time to beat the heat and was pleasantly surprised to find that they hadn't paired us with anyone.

Course conditions are average to above-average for the area. Greens were a tad slow but rolled true. Fairways showed some effects from heat but it wasn't widespread. Tee boxes could use a little bit of work, but they aren't bad.

Rolled through 18 as a two-some in just over 3.5 hours. We'll be returning soon!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful course

Would definately recommend this course! Great shape and no waiting

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Waterford

Nice layout. Greens could be in better shape.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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